LEP1D0PTERA HETEROCEEA. 1435 



BOTYS C1RCUMDATALIS. 



Foem. Argenteo-alba, graeillima ; palpi graciles, breves, subarcuati, 

 oblique ascendentes, articulo So acuto minimo ; antenna: gra- 

 cillimce ; abdomen alas posticus dimidio superans, segmentis 

 ceneo-fusco fasciatis ; pedes longi, gracillimi ; alee angustce^ 

 semihyalince ; anticce subacute, litura transversa, vitta costali, 

 vitta postica, fascia lata postmedia lineaque lata marginali 

 ceneo-fuscis ; postica fascia apud coslarn attenuata fasciaque 

 marginali postice attenuata ceneo-fuscis. 



Female. Silvery white, very slender. Palpi smooth, slender, 

 slightly curved, obliquely ascending, not rising so high as the vertex ; 

 third joint acute, very minute. Antennae very slender. Abdomen 

 lanceolate, extending for half its length beyond the hind wings, 

 with an aeneous-brown band on the fore border of each segment. 

 Legs long, very slender. Wings narrow, semihyaline, with aeneous- 

 brown markings. Fore wings slightly acute, with a transverse mark 

 in the disk, with a narrow costal stripe, with an irregular stripe near 

 the interior border, with a broad postmedial band, which is narrower 

 towards the costa, and with a broad marginal line ; exterior border 

 almost straight, very oblique. Hind wings with a middle band 

 which is attenuated towards the costa, and with a marginal band 

 which is attenuated towards the interior angle. Length of the body 

 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



It is closely allied to B. Anialis, from which it is distinguished 

 by the broader postmedial band of the fore wings and by the two 

 broader bands of the hind wings. 



Sula. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



BOTYS QUADRIGUTTALIS. 



Foem. Pallide aurato-flava, sat robusta ; palpi fusci, porrecti, 

 breves, obtusi, articulo So minimo ; antenna gracillimce ; ab- 

 domen alas posticus sat superans ; alee latce, gutta magna 

 nigricante, linea postmedia fusca denticulata valde undulata ; 

 anticce linea antemedia fusca denticulata. 



Female. Pale gilded yellow, rather stout. Body beneath and 

 legs silvery white. Palpi porrect, obtuse, brown on the outer side, 

 very much shorter than the breadth of the head; third joint extremely 

 short. Antennae very slender. Abdomen extending rather beyond 



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